Positive thoughts from a Christian Perspective

  • Before the Door Opens (Wonderful Tonight: Her Version)

    Before the Door Opens (Wonderful Tonight: Her Version)

    🎶“It’s late in the evening; she’s wondering what clothes to wear.”🎶 The opening line of a famous song describes a woman choosing an outfit, yet it draws the listener in. Plenty of us can picture the scene, because we’ve lived it. Decisions. They can make or break us. Something tells me the lady in Clapton’s…

  • The True Vine

    The True Vine

    Our back and side flower beds are filled with a hardy vine we started several years ago from just a few sprigs. Here’s a photo of our side flower bed: Do you see the different type of vine in the front-center—weaving its way in? It’s something wild that planted itself there. We have to keep…

  • Weeds

    Weeds

    It happens every spring, intruders invade my lawn. Hardy weeds with sinister names like, Bullnettle and Prickly Lettuce, and ones with cute names, like Chickweed and Goosegrass, try to choke out my beautiful Bermuda. Enter, the Weed Sheriff. That’s me. I stop the trespassers before they go to seed and make those little burrs that…

  • More Feedback | Short Story

    More Feedback | Short Story

    Ronald, a would-be writer, receives a scathing rejection letter from a magazine editor. His submission is riddled with bad grammar and there’s little to no narrative arc. It’s barely a story at all. The critic claims that a chimp with a piece of chalk could write better flash fiction. Tears sting the aspiring wordsmith’s eyes,…

  • An Anchor for the Soul

    An Anchor for the Soul

    It’s state testing time in many schools across the United States, and students are feeling the stress. Last week? I proctored (observed) for a fourth-grade classroom where you could feel the tension in the air. After the test administrator (teacher) finished reading from a pretest script, he asked his students if they had any questions.…

  • Creating Sparks of Love Across Generations

    Creating Sparks of Love Across Generations

    Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:11-12 (NIV) My wife and I sang in a recent choir concert where the oldest…

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